Can-spout.



,W. L. HERBLIN.

CAN SPOUT.

APPLIGATION FILED MAR. 6, 1912.

1,056,790. Patented Mar. 25, 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM LEONARD HERBLIN, OF GAINESVILLE, TEXAS.

GAN-SPOUT.

Application filed March 6,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LEONARD HERBLIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gainesville, in the county of Cooke and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Can-spouts, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in stoppers and discharge spouts for cans, or receptacles more particularly to cans employed in shipping kerosene oil, cotton seed oil, turpentine syrups and various other liquids.

The object of the invention is to provide a stopper adapted for insertion into and removal from the can, said. stopper having its outer end flush with the outer surface of the can when inserted therein.

Another object of the invention is to provide a discharge spout to be used in connection with the stopper and adapted to be stored or concealed when not in use within the can or other vessel and to project therefrom when in use.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will possess advantages in points of efliciency and durability, is inexpensive of manufacture and at the same time is simple in construction and operation.

Vith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel features of construction the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claim and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which.

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a portion of a can showing my improved spout concealed within the can. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the spout projected ready for use and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 6 6 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 indicates the body of a can which may be made in any suitable shape and provided with an internally-tapped nipple extending into the can or other vessel, in order that the nipple 2 may be beneath the general plane of the can to permit of a Specification of Letters Patent.

number being tacked upon one another for Patented'Mar. 25,1913.

1912. Serial No. 682,055.

shipment without denting, bending or otherwise injuring the same.

An angular spout 12 is provided having an externally threaded plug 13 secured to the base portion thereof and adapted to be threaded into the nipple 2. One end of the plug 13 is cut away upon opposite sides as shown at 14 to form the vertically disposed grasping portions 15 so that when the spout 12 is arranged within the can in an inverted posit-ion, the portion 15 can be easily grasped by the fingers to unscrew the plug. The plug 13 is rounded ofi at both ends as shown at 16 to fit snugly down upon the closed end of the nipple. hen the spout 12 is arranged in the can in an inverted position, a stopper 17 is threaded in the large end thereof to prevent leakage. While I have shown in the drawings a headed plug threaded into the large end of the spout when the same is disposed in an inverted posit-ion, it will be understood that a cork or other form of stopper may be used, if desired.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings it will be seen that I have provided a simple, durable and efiicient discharge spout, which, when not in use will be stored or concealed in a can or vessel so as to permit of a number of cans being packed upon one another for shipment without denting, bending, or otherwise injuring the same.

While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention it will be obvious that various changes in the details of construction and in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying my invention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel features or departing from the scope thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim is In a device of the character described, the combination of an internally-tapped nipple integral with one of the walls of the receptacle, an angular spout having a plug formed on its base portion and adapted to be threaded into said nipple, said spout being adapted to be concealed within the receptacle when not in use or projected therefrom when in use, one end of said plug being cut away to form vertically disposed what grasping portions arranged at diametrically In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my opposite points so that whenthe spout is signature in the presence of two Witnesses. disposed man inverted posltlon, the plug TILLIAM LEONARD HERBLIN. can be easlly unseiewed, and a stopper threaded into the large end of the spout Vitnesses:

when the same is disposed in an inverted C. L. BRADY,

position. J. M. KEMPLIN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

